On Thursday and Friday, European Union leaders will gather in Brussels to discuss, and hopefully reach agreement, on the next EU budget for the period 2014-2020.   If the last budget summit...

What is so different about what the Israeli army is doing to Gaza’s people, than what Bashar al Assad is doing to the people of Syria?   Nothing. It is exactly the same. It is...

The next two weeks or so will be a crucial time for the Nationalist Party on three fronts – Europe, Pieta’ and Valletta.   The first big day will be the approval or otherwise of...

Last Tuesday, Malta was hit by two unexpected events that both singly and collectively deeply affected the national conscience.   At the Law Courts in the morning, the Appeals Court...

Once again, this country has been witness to the power and privilege of Parliament used against persons who do not sit in the House and who cannot answer back with all the rights enjoyed by any...

On World Diabetes Day, commemorated on Wednesday, it was reported in the media that Health Minister Joe Cassar veered away from admitting that the time had come for a diabetes and obesity national...

In any other European country, the police would have called a press conference last night and announced why they were interrogating a former European Commissioner and a businessman about an EU...

The one good thing about all this is that Adrian Vassallo will not be contesting the next election. He calls himself a conservative, but in reality, he is nothing short of a closed-minded individual...

It may be Tonio Borg who will be facing questions by MEPs this afternoon, but if the criticism he has received is any indication, it might feel like our “values” are being put to the...

With all the political bickering, the looming budget vote and the subsequent election next year, we often forget things that matter.   Yesterday mattered. Yesterday was Remembrance Day, the...